Author:Jean Plaidy

The story of Caroline of Ansbach, part of the fabulous Georgian series.
When Caroline of Ansbach arrives in England, King George is old and sour, his mistress ugly and his wife imprisoned at his own hand for over twenty years. She has grown up watching her mother Eleanor’s loveless and dangerous marriage, and is determined to avoid a similar situation. So she marries the Prince of Wales, George Augustus, and they are popular among the people, leading the King to resent them.
In what will become typical Hanoverian style, father and son loathe each other and exist in a state of constant competition for power. She quickly realizes that her husband is unintelligent and sees that she will be able to control him to some extent. Despite plenty of obstacles, including her father-in-law’s control of her children, she refuses to lose sight of her aims.
Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of characterisation has become one of the country’s most widely read novelists.
—— Sunday TimesFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting.
—— ObserverPlaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.
—— New York TimesOutstanding
—— Vanity FairEndearing... Uplifting
—— Times Literary SupplementA poetic and very deft observation of the nature of the bond between parent and child
—— Tod McEwan , Sunday HeraldDrawing on the real-life Vanderbilt legend, this is a strange, utterly original novel, essentially about fathers and sons
—— Mail on SundayThere’s a powerful sense of the emotional blackmail and deceit that keeps Druken tied to the premises of his nemesis
—— Alred Hickling , GuardianTale of betrayal, deceit and corruption
—— Femke Colborne , Big Issue in the North